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[Ana Vračar]

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From: Peoples Health Dispatch <health at peoplesdispatch.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 12:30 AM
Subject: Special Issue: Health for All Now!
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This week On 7 April we mark World Health Day, also referred to by health
activists as People’s Health Day. The day marks the anniversary of the
formation of the World Health Organization in 1948. Yet, as the People’s
Health Movement’s Co-Chairs Fran Baum and Sulakshana Nandi write, the links
between World Health Day and some of the WHO’s most progressive ideas have
weakened over the years. From the Decl

Special Issue: Health for All Now!
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/special-issue/>
By People's Health Dispatch – 07 Apr 2022 – View online →
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/special-issue/>

This week

On 7 April we mark World Health Day, also referred to by health activists
as People’s Health Day. The day marks the anniversary of the formation of
the World Health Organization in 1948. Yet, as the People’s Health
Movement’s Co-Chairs Fran Baum and Sulakshana Nandi
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/health-activism-is-now-more-important-than-ever/>
write, the links between World Health Day and some of the WHO’s most
progressive ideas have weakened over the years.

>From the Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978 until today, people’s health has
been undermined by neoliberal policies, the strengthening of the role of
trade organizations and private philanthropies in global health governance,
the effects of climate change, persisting hunger and lack of access to
drinking water and sanitation, and wars and armed conflicts.

In this special issue of the People’s Health Dispatch, we look back at the
work and activism of two key figures in the advancement of people’s health:
Amit Sengupta and David Sanders. Trained as medical doctors, both are
cherished in the right to health community as teachers, organizers, and
comrades. David Sanders
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/david-sanders-on-being-a-health-activist/>
and Amit Sengupta
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/amit-senguptas-reflections-on-the-effects-of-globalization-on-healthcare/>
played a crucial role in showing how Health for All can be made reality,
and how important it was to continue fighting for it in spite of opposition
from many sides.

Young health activists
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/fighting-for-health-for-all-today/>
from India, Brazil, and the UK shared with us what Health for All means in
their work, and why it is important to keep it at the top of our agenda.

In *Data speaks*, we look at the coverage of essential health services in
the world. While the WHO reports that some countries have made progress
towards achieving Universal Health Coverage, many countries in the Global
South remain without adequate access to care, leaving many exposed to
physical and financial hardship. Still, hope comes from countries like
Cuba, which provides high-quality care in spite of the US blockade and
limited financial resources - showing that health systems can be organized
around people rather than profit.
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*Health activism is now more important than ever
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/health-activism-is-now-more-important-than-ever/>*

On World Health Day, the People’s Health Movement reflects on the role
health activism will play in protecting the right to health after the
COVID-19 pandemic

*David Sanders on being a health activist
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/david-sanders-on-being-a-health-activist/>*

David Sanders talks about his life as a health activist, the role of
Primary Health Care for the Health for All agenda, and how neoliberalism
obstructs possible advances in global health

*Amit Sengupta’s reflections on the effects of globalization on healthcare
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/amit-senguptas-reflections-on-the-effects-of-globalization-on-healthcare/>*

Multilateral and bilateral institutions as well private philanthropy have
had an outsized role in shaping the global health policy agenda. In this
piece, Amit Sengupta traces the changes globalization has brought to global
health governance
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*Video: Fighting for health for all today
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/07/fighting-for-health-for-all-today/>*

Health activists from India, the UK, and Brazil discuss what ‘health for
all’ means to them and why fighting for it is an urgent necessity
  <https://youtu.be/axizvJJxOEA>
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Data speaks
*People’s Health Dispatch is an initiative of Peoples Dispatch and the
People's Health Movement*
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